[ubuntu-uk] Strange difference between Remix and Desktop

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On 08/07/10 13:23, John Stevenson wrote:
> On 8 July 2010 12:25, Gordon <gbplinux at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gbplinux at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 07/07/2010 11:51, John Stevenson wrote:
>     > On 7 July 2010 10:25, Gordon
>     > <gbplinux at gmail.com <mailto:gbplinux at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:gbplinux at gmail.com <mailto:gbplinux at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I have Remix 10.04 on a flash drive and Desktop 10.04 on a CD.
>     >     If I start the Live CD on my Tosh Satellite, it tells me
>     that the
>     >     Wireless device is "not ready" and I can't connect.
>     >     If I run the Remix from the flash drive on the same machine
>     it finds the
>     >     Wireless adapter and I can connect.
>     >     Aren't the two just the same OS with a different GUI?
>     >     If so, why the difference?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > If you select Gnome and you still have wireless issues, then you
>     should
>     > raise a bug on launchpad as something very strange is going on.
>     >
>
>     Interesting - I've just booted from the Live CD again and THIS time it
>     DID find the wireless OK! Strange! (There are more things in
>     Heaven and
>     Earth Horatio.....)
>
> There could be a bug with your wireless card under Linux, 
> intermittently failing.  If you open a terminal and enter the command 
> *lspci *you should see your Wireless card listed in the output of that 
> command.
>
I had a slightly similar problem with an old Toshiba Laptop, it has a 
button on the front to enable the wireless. If you boot with the 
wireless switched off it wont see the card and even switching it on 
afterwards doesnt seem to work, you have to switch it on and reboot. Its 
not a slider switch but a button so perhaps the bios remembers the state 
of the switch on / off when it powers up I dont know, but I just thought 
Id mention this in case its relevant here.

Mark
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